UW's office of Environmental Health and Safety has awarded a gold-level Green Lab certification to the Cline Lab, managed by Erica Cline, chair of IAS Science and Mathematics. Of 4,500 labs at UW, it is the only gold-level certification outside UW's Seattle campus.

Omer Adam, sophomore, has been selected as one of 15 Charles B. Rangel Scholars nationwide, the first from UW Tacoma. He will spend the summer of 2015 in Washington D.C. studying international affairs.

UW Tacoma in the News

Interdisicplinary Arts & Sciences lecturer Ellen Moore talked about forensic anthropology at a Washington State History Museum lecture, and how she used it to help identify the bodies of MIA/POWs in Vietnam.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) blogger Mark Horoszowski reports on the Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility's recent CSR conference, held in Seattle. He notes that "some of the greatest innovations in CSR are ... being demonstrated at smaller, nimbler conferences."

In a column critical of Seattle's plans for its University District, reporter Brier Dudley calls for a regional network of tech hubs, including in Tacoma. He mentions UW Tacoma and its cybersecurity program, and quotes Lars Harvey, CEO of IID, an internet security company in downtown Tacoma.

A U.S. Army publication reports on a leadership panel discussion cohosted by UW Tacoma and the Army's I Corps at UW in Seattle. Participants included Lt. Gen. Stephen Lanza, I Corps commanding general, and regional corporate leaders.